Question

Which has more positive implications? Negative events in life? or positive events? I don't mean like extremes, like death or winning the lottery but more like getting a bad grade or getting a good grade.

Also I think that saying implications might sway the thinking so after see if it makes any difference if you switch positive for useful, it made a difference in my AVID group.

Question

Are the emotions we feel solely our own?

TV

We notice more of the "adult" jokes in TV shows now, even the ones that we watched as a kid, perhaps even especially in those. But, the joke were always there, some offensive, some not, And, we laughed and perhaps still do. The content may have changed to us but it didn't really change.

Question

What determines whether or not someone is a peer?

Diety Stuff

One can deny the existence of a diety but I feel they would have a difficult time arguing that the concept of a diety does not serve a purpose regardless of whether or not one exists.

Knowledge Issue

Is it ethical to groom/manipulate/pick the genetics of your children?

Knowledge Issue

Is it possible not to manipulate others?

League of Legends Honor Points

This plays into the Hauthorne effect thing in a way. In a video game I play, they introduced an 'honor system' where you reward people for good sportsmanship instead of just being able to report them unsporting conduct. At first this made a big difference, now it is starting to slow down. I wonder what they will do now.

Hauthorne Effect

The Hauthorne effect is when people react to being observed. I notice this at work. People start doing more start zoning like they were supposed to be just because the manager walks by. I find it interesting that they don't care to zone when the manager isn't right by them even though there are a plethora of cameras. So if they really are reacting because they are worried about getting in trouble they should know that regardless of whether or not a manager is there if the company really wanted to get on their case that they could.

Media

I feel that media is a playing field for competing interest groups to evolve and adapt to better distribute their beliefs.

Language Fails Post5

My sociology teacher mentioned that many languages have words for emotions that would not translate into another language. Then she posed the question: "does that mean others can't feel those emotions?" I want to know what others think about this.

Older Languages

Older languages seem to have very different words, they seem to be a lot more specific (like they have multiple words for one thing, like love) in my opinion. Why do you think this is? Do you agree or disagree? And, do you think they fail to a lesser degree, or to a greater degree?

Language Fails Post3

Many cultures do not have a word for orange. In sociology we talked about a culture that recently stopped eating people, I don't recall the name of the culture but if anyone wants to know it I can find out tomorrow, but they only have two words in terms of colors which are black and white. So, what would they call the color orange (or any color other than black and white, which I know technically are a shade and a tint)? Well the names are signs which are arbitrary forms that the signified concepts take to become the signifiers, so really the names of colors can be whatever you want, yellow might as well be rock, I mean why not?

Language Fails Post2

Language predetermines gender roles, and is often used incorrectly. For example Sarah Palin is not the governor of Alaska but she is the governess of Alaska. Also a master is a superior person, but is male specific, however the female equivalent is mistress, which is a "women on the side". There are other really lame examples, but why do they continue to exist? And, how did the difference between governor and governess come to be when it is a position of power? did females want the differentiation?

Language Troll says get irked.
"Oh I am." -.-'